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Author Archives: Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney

Olympic Boulevard Sydney
Posted inInfrastructure & transport, Spinifex

It’s time to stop prioritising cars when designing streets

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 11 December 201712 December 2017
westconnex sydney project
Posted inInfrastructure & transport, Spinifex

How to fix the sad state of transport decision-making

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 20 November 201722 November 2017
Sydney, Anzac bridge arial
Posted inInfrastructure & transport, Spinifex

Funding Sydney: Where’s the value capture?

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 30 October 2017
Posted inPlanning, Spinifex

Density in Sydney: Do as I do not as I say

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 10 October 201710 October 2017
Posted inSpinifex

Mind the gap: Why you’ll die earlier in Sydney’s west

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 3 August 2017
Posted inPlanning, Spinifex

The battle for Western Sydney Parklands: why we need a new approach to transport planning

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 22 June 201723 June 2017
Posted inSpinifex

Are we really serious about tackling housing affordability?

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 27 April 201728 April 2017
Posted inInfrastructure & transport, Spinifex

There is more than Trump that Australia can learn from the US election

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 16 January 2017
Posted inHousing

NSW Minister Rob Stokes is right to call out negative gearing

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 28 November 2016
Posted inSpinifex

Mistakes of the past must not be repeated with driverless cars

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 21 November 201622 November 2016
Posted inSpinifex

Blood on the Coal: a personal view of a crime 50 years on

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 31 October 201612 November 2016
Posted inSpinifex

Tim Williams on density: we can go up or out

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 26 May 201628 May 2016
smart cities
Posted inSpinifex

Smart cities need smart governance: discuss!

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 17 May 201617 May 2016
Posted inSpinifex

What the Bays Precinct can learn from Barcelona

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 29 February 20162 March 2016
Posted inSpinifex

It’s easier to break a great city than to make one

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 30 November 2015
Posted inSpinifex

Tim Williams on challenging Sydney to be great: eight debates we have to have

by Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney 13 August 201513 August 2015

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